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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 16, 1988Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 1988, 2:46 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 1988, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 1988, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2530 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 161948
TORPNS
FLC033-113-162015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
246 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
          ...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA
 
A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED OVER THE NEAR GULF AT PENSACOLA BEACH.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEOkaloosa, Santa Rosa63 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.